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Village SquareCast is the podcast your mother warned you about. We talk politics, religion and race — across color, creed and ideology — and we do it like the partners in democracy that we really ought to be. At The Village Square, we've had hundreds of conversations with tens of thousands of people — and now we bring you our favorites of these conversations via podcast. We talk in bars, we talk in churches, we talk across a hundred continuous tables in the middle of a street downtown. And through all this talking, we've discovered something truly remarkable — people are hard to hate close up.Oh, and we really think civics ought not to be boring. We hope you'll join us.
The Village Square hosts Village SquareCast, a society show with 100 episodes published.
Lately it's pretty hard to zero in on what we have in common as a people. It often feels like we're living in alternate realities with completely different sets of values and priorities. What would it take for us to more
In this 250th year since the Declaration of Independence was signed, the American idea—an idea that has changed a whole world around it—finds itself under extraordinary pressure. As the Declaration's author, Thomas Jeffe
The hallmarks of high conflict include a narrowing middle ground, the growing sense of a binary "us vs. them" narrative—and absolute clarity that "we" are the good guys in the story, and "they" are the black hats. Some o
As we now find ourselves officially in America's 250th anniversary year, we are truly honored to be joined by the legendary scholar Jeffrey Rosen. As the CEO Emeritus of the National Constitution Center and the author of
For 15 years now, God Squad has quietly defied the fashion to avoid talking with people who don't look and think like us. From "Ten Paces at High Noon" to "Shut Up and Sing," from abortion to race, The Squad hasn't shied
Navy veteran Dr. Theodore Roosevelt Johnson, his family name a legacy first chosen to honor the new possibilities for Black Americans many presidents ago, writes about a football game when he stood during the National An
"The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults." —Alexis de Tocqueville When Alexis de Tocqueville traveled to a freshly-minted America,
Introducing the newest thing in higher (and we really mean higher — like look UP) education: The Flying Pig Academy. A dream of The Village Square (with support from Florida Humanities) for many years, it's finally aloft
Introducing the newest thing in higher (and we really mean higher — like look UP) education: The Flying Pig Academy. A dream of The Village Square (with support from Florida Humanities) for many years, it's finally aloft
Introducing the newest thing in higher (and we really mean higher — like look UP) education: The Flying Pig Academy. A dream of The Village Square (with support from Florida Humanities) for many years, it's finally aloft
As we begin our reflections of the 250th year of our shared experiment—in the 5th season of our UNUM series—we are truly honored to bring you the current president of The American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Dr. Laurie L
Introducing the newest thing in higher (and we really mean higher — like look UP) education: The Flying Pig Academy. A dream of The Village Square (with support from Florida Humanities) for many years, it's finally aloft
Introducing the newest thing in higher (and we really mean higher — like look UP) education: The Flying Pig Academy. A dream of The Village Square (with support from Florida Humanities) for many years, it's finally aloft
We're making our way through a time of extreme disruption, led by rapid transformation in technology, especially in how we communicate information. According to our special guest Renée DiResta, the way power and influenc
We're wondering if the secret to a healthy America is to… wait for it… put "America Fourth!" Perhaps too much of our lives are now wrapped up in this life or death, us v. them struggle for us to be happy people. Accordin
Introducing the newest thing in higher (and we really mean higher — like look UP) education: The Flying Pig Academy. A dream of The Village Square (with support from Florida Humanities) for many years, it's finally aloft
Introducing the newest thing in higher (and we really mean higher — like look UP) education: The Flying Pig Academy. A dream of The Village Square (with support from Florida Humanities) for many years, it's finally aloft
Why does it feel like those on the "other side" are not just different but dangerous? According to our special guest UNC psychologist Kurt Gray in his new book OUTRAGED: Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How t
We have become a most tediously offended people. We're not talking about the big stuff — it's the "little" things we wonder about. "Sticks and stones may break my bones" and "water off a duck's back" seem quaint and anac
Introducing the newest thing in higher (and we really mean higher — like look UP) education: The Flying Pig Academy. A dream of The Village Square (with support from Florida Humanities) for many years, it's finally aloft
Renee DiResta
Associate Research Professor · Stanford Internet Observatory
1 appearance on this show
Jonathan Haidt
social psychologist, professor, bestselling author · NYU
3 appearances on this show
Kurt Gray
psychology and neuroscience professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1 appearance on this show
Seth Kaplan
Professorial Lecturer in the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies · Westfield State University
1 appearance on this show
Todd Rose
Senior Vice President of Global Business Development and Addressability · InMobi Advertising
1 appearance on this show
Robert Putnam
social scientist · Harvard
1 appearance on this show
Jonathan Rauch
author of The Constitution of Knowledge · Brookings Institution
2 appearances on this show
Tim Keller
Palmetto Bluff tennis professional · InnerPlant
1 appearance on this show
Michael Gerson
Associate Professor in Sports and Performance Psychology
1 appearance on this show
Pete Wehner
The Atlantic
1 appearance on this show
Bill Shireman
Solution Citizen
1 appearance on this show
Christine Todd Whitman
former NJ Governor · Forward Party
1 appearance on this show
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